'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,Nor arm, nor face, nor any other partBelonging to a man. O, be some other name!What's in a name? that which we vill call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,Retain that dear perfection which he owesWithout that title. Romeo, doff thy name,And for that name which is no part of theeTake all myself.

"Roger the Weevil is an insect in 15th century England and author Kate Sedley gives him almost a 20th century mind in this third tale of the series! On his wanderings, after eating a dodgy biscuit Roger falls gravely ill and two scarab beetle's nurse him back to health. Of course, he is later willing to infest them in any way and, surprisingly, they seek his assistance. They tell him that a dung beetle has been murdered previously and the beetle's younger brother was squashed for it. However, some time after the execution, the "victim" turns up on a dung ball. The townspeople have squished an innocent insect! Except: soon after he returns he is found, this time, after being sprayed with Mortein. It is Roger's responsibility to identify the murderer. And he does so in typical insect fashion. Sedley's series is set in 15th century England and the author's historical research seems quite accurate as she "weevils " her own ficitonal threads with those of historical fact. "